visas for Europe

[davecttr]

Just asking, what are the current rules for cruising from Southampton to Europe. When I flew to Spain last autumn my passport was stamped at the airport. Do they stamp your passport at the first disembarkation port, in this case Hamburg.

[jaydee6969]

28 minutes ago, davecttr said:

Just asking, what are the current rules for cruising from Southampton to Europe. When I flew to Spain last autumn my passport was stamped at the airport. Do they stamp your passport at the first disembarkation port, in this case Hamburg.

 

No one has asked to see my passport yet on our recent cruise out of Southampton, in an overseas port.  That was Canaries last November and Hamburg in January.

 

As you say, was checked and stamped in and out of Malaga last September when we flew out for our annual golf holiday.

Edited February 10, 2023 by jaydee6969

[sogne]

1 hour ago, davecttr said:

Just asking, what are the current rules for cruising from Southampton to Europe. When I flew to Spain last autumn my passport was stamped at the airport. Do they stamp your passport at the first disembarkation port, in this case Hamburg.

last year on QM2 with 2 calls to Hamburg   was stamped  each time returning to ship

[Cathygh]

I think that if your passport is stamped on entry to the EU, it has to be stamped on exit, this is due to the 90 day rule which I think means you can only spend 90 days out of 180 in the EU. Please correct me if I'm wrong! 

[terrierjohn]

17 minutes ago, sogne said:

last year on QM2 with 2 calls to Hamburg   was stamped  each time returning to ship

I would hazard a guess that is because Cunard will have lots of passengers who are non Europeans, whereas P&O is virtually all Brits, so the ports probably use P&Os passport data.

[Fionboard]

Did numerous cruises last year and never asked to show passport. Most ports you are not even asked to take passport ashore ( although I always have a copy of it - just in  case!).

[majortom10]

No official EITA required as yet for UK travellers travelling to Europe, it has been put back to November 2033.

[daveoc]

4 hours ago, majortom10 said:

No official EITA required as yet for UK travellers travelling to Europe, it has been put back to November 2033.

Do you mean 2023?.

[Snow Hill]

ETIAS is due for launching November as said above, with EES (Entry Exit System) for launch but end of 2023.

 

ETIAS is a visa waiver system, not a Visa system, similar to US system. 

[majortom10]

7 hours ago, daveoc said:

Do you mean 2023?.

Yes sorry 😁

[brian1]

17 hours ago, daveoc said:

Do you mean 2023?.

Hope so,I'm gonna run out of passport pages otherwise.

[jh1809]

On 2/10/2023 at 8:55 PM, Snow Hill said:

ETIAS is due for launching November as said above, with EES (Entry Exit System) for launch but end of 2023.

 

ETIAS is a visa waiver system, not a Visa system, similar to US system. 

Is that the scheme where they are going to take your fingerprints on entry?